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This ceremony was held every 52 years - a complete cycle in the Aztec calendar - to avoid the end of the world -
The Aztecs leave their homeland of Aztlan in northern Mexico and begin their journey south -
. The Aztecs leave northern Mexico and live life as nomads, travelling from place to place -
The Aztecs arrive in the Valley of Mexico. -
They lived as nomads, which meant they travelled around different parts of central America until they settled in the valley of Mexico.
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The city of Tenochtitlan is founded. It will become the capital of the Aztec Empire.
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Acamapichtli becomes the first powerful leader of the Aztecs -
The Aztec Empire is formed with a triple alliance between the Aztecs, the Texcocans, and the Tacubans. -
Montezuma II is killed. -
smallpox had reduced the population of Tenochtitlan by 40% in just one year. -
Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the city of Tenochtitlan.
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Tenochtitlan is rebuilt by the Spanish and called Mexico City, the capital of New Spain.